Axed Generations: The Legacy lead actor reveals reasons why he left

07 August 2015 - 13:32 By Times LIVE
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Vuyo Dabula, who shocked many fans when he announced at beginning of August he was leaving the country’s most popular soapie Generations: The Legacy, has revealed the real reasons why he quit his lead role on the soapie.

“I was sceptical about being part of the soapie right from the beginning,” Dabula, who plays the mafia character of Kumkani “Gadaffi” Phakade, said in an interview in Friday’s edition of The Citizen.

Vuyo Dabula looks to be in good spirits in this photo he posted on his Instagram account on the first day when the first episode of the rejuvenated Generations - The Legacy was aired.

Dabula told the newspaper that though he joined the soapie anyway, he had always knew it was not going to last long.

“I knew the kind of performance style I liked and what was required by the soapie, so somehow I knew I wasn’t going to be in it for too long.

According to the paper, the 38-year-old actor felt that, had he stayed on, the quality of his acting would have been compromised because, in his words, “being on a soapie means everything happens very fast and there’s a big focus on quantity instead of quality.”

Dabula assured his fans that the end of Gadaffi does not mean the end of Dabula.

“I’m still going to be on TV.”

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